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Politics

1) Social relations involving authority or power. 2) The art or science of governing.

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probe

Politics; Political Science

An investigation by an appointed committee into alleged corruption or illegal activities.

productivity

Politics; Political Science

Output of goods and services. It can be measured in terms of labor productivity (output per worker, for example) or of capital.

proletariat

Politics; Political Science

The Marxist term for the working class, meaning in particular those workers who own nothing but their labor (unlike artisans, who may own their own machinery or tools).

propaganda

Politics; Political Science

A Latin word that was first used by Pope Gregory XV in 1622, when he established the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, a commission designed to spread the Catholic faith ...

proportional representation

Politics; Political Science

An electoral system that awards seats in a legislature on the basis of percentages of the vote won, not on the "first past the post," winner-takes-all system that operates in the ...